Re: now weather, Pam's-Progress on the garden wall


Well, I'm at the bottom of the "tolerance level" for cannas. Zone 6 is "iffy" for them..and depends on where you plant them and if they are mulched heavily over the winter....AND...how bad the winter is. I've had some die out too....I just fill in those spots with those that are hardy enough to survive.





From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Subject: Re: [CHAT] now weather, Pam's-Progress on the garden wall
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 18:15:57 -0500

Lordy!  I can't get canna to survive in the ground here in my "balmy"
(currently about 20F) z 7 garden; they just turn into mush:-(

I think our low is heading for the teens again tonight after 70F last
weekend....survival of the fittest out there in garden land with
roller coaster weather.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Pamela J. Evans <gardenqueen@gbronline.com>
>
> Nope - cannas are tough. Remember, they survive up at Jesse's in
frosty
> zone 6. Even the (well-watered) lemon tree seems to still be alive.
I
> got tired of hauling it in and out of the house. Yesterday the high
was
> 34 degrees. That's our normal LOW temperature this time of year.
Gross
> weather. Supposed to be back up to 60 by tomorrow afternoon. It
bloody
> well better be, this is ridiculous! It got down to 15 here once and
the
> cannas were fine.

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